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On June 25, 1868, the former Confederate states of North...

On June 25, 1868, the former Confederate states of North and South Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana were readmitted to the Union (this sentence as published has been corrected in this text).

In 1876 Lt. Col. George Custer and his 7th Cavalry were massacred by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana.

FOR THE RECORD - This story contains corrected material.An Almanac item in the published story incorrectly included Georgia in a list of states readmitted to the Union in 1868. Georgia was readmitted in 1870.

In 1903 English author George Orwell was born Eric Blair in Motihari, India.

In 1950 war erupted when North Korean troops invaded South Korea.

In 1951 CBS transmitted the first commercial color telecast, a one-hour special broadcast from New York to four other cities.

In 1962 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the use of an unofficial, non-denominational prayer in New York state public schools was unconstitutional.

In 1973 White House attorney John Dean told a Senate committee that President Richard Nixon joined in a plot to cover up the Watergate break-in.

In 1981 the Supreme Court ruled that the male-only military draft registration was constitutional.

In 1991 the Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence.

In 1993 Kim Campbell was sworn in as Canada's prime minister, the first woman to hold the post.

In 1996 a truck bomb killed 19 Americans and injured hundreds outside a U.S. military housing complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

In 1998 the Supreme Court ruled that people infected with HIV are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act.